Steve Jinman
@educatedleftft.bsky.social
Dedicated educator, Trustee, Director.
Village Cricketer (retd). Philosophical Footballer.
If you can't box, wear a big hat.
Village Cricketer (retd). Philosophical Footballer.
If you can't box, wear a big hat.
Kim Gordon: from Sonic Youth to self-proclaimed ‘sociologist’ - www.ft.com/content/3135... via @FT
Kim Gordon: from Sonic Youth to self-proclaimed ‘sociologist’
The musician remains a keen observer, training her sights on the turmoil of Trump’s America in a new solo album
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January 17, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Iran’s road to revolt - www.ft.com/content/3aec... via @FT
Iran’s road to revolt
How isolation, intransigence and desperate economic hardship provoked an upsurge of protest that brought the regime to the brink
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January 17, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Afcon and the power of a footballing diaspora - www.ft.com/content/9d47... via @FT
Afcon and the power of a footballing diaspora
A compelling tournament has shown the importance of players — and fans — raised outside Africa
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January 17, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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JOHN ROBERTS: ‘The pilot for United’s fateful flight from Munich was unfairly blamed. One twilight in 1974, he told me his story’ www.sportingintelligence.com/2011/04/25/j...
JOHN ROBERTS: ‘The pilot for United’s fateful flight from Munich was unfairly blamed. One twilight in 1974, he told me his story’ | Sporting Intelligence
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January 16, 2026 at 8:10 PM
JOHN ROBERTS: ‘The pilot for United’s fateful flight from Munich was unfairly blamed. One twilight in 1974, he told me his story’ www.sportingintelligence.com/2011/04/25/j...
Do maps distort our view of the world? - www.ft.com/content/06db... via @FT
Do maps distort our view of the world?
William Rankin’s ‘Radical Cartography’ makes a powerful case against mainstream mapmaking’s creation of an orderly, objective reality
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January 15, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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The echoes of Iran’s 1979 revolution - www.ft.com/content/23b7... via @FT
The echoes of Iran’s 1979 revolution
Then, as now, Iranians took to the streets and risked their lives for free speech and economic prosperity
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January 15, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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The historic bazaar where Iran’s protests began - www.ft.com/content/3f96... via @FT
The historic bazaar where Iran’s protests began
Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, whose shopkeepers helped bring Islamist clerics to power in 1979, once again became a hotspot for anti-regime rallies
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January 15, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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When psychologists mislead us as.ft.com/r/ef98fc45-6...
When psychologists mislead us
[FREE TO READ] From Piltdown Man to the Stanford prison experiment, many famous scientific discoveries have been exposed as hoaxes or distortions
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January 14, 2026 at 7:25 AM
When psychologists mislead us as.ft.com/r/ef98fc45-6...
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Maidenhead United are inviting the public to help shape their proposal for a new stadium in Braywick Park.
Maidenhead United invite public to help 'shape' new stadium proposals for Braywick Park
Maidenhead United are inviting the public to help shape their proposal for a new stadium in Braywick Park.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Maidenhead United are inviting the public to help shape their proposal for a new stadium in Braywick Park.
Happy birthday to the contributory old-age pension!
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From The Economist
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From The Economist
Happy birthday to the contributory old-age pension!
One hundred years ago, Britain changed for good
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January 13, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Happy birthday to the contributory old-age pension!
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From The Economist
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From The Economist
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“My then girlfriend now wife was prompted by a frosty winter to query why a postponed match led to a later and more inebriated return on my part.”
Steve Jinman on the lost art of making the most of a late postponement: https://bit.ly/3Z253DZ
Steve Jinman on the lost art of making the most of a late postponement: https://bit.ly/3Z253DZ
January 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
“My then girlfriend now wife was prompted by a frosty winter to query why a postponed match led to a later and more inebriated return on my part.”
Steve Jinman on the lost art of making the most of a late postponement: https://bit.ly/3Z253DZ
Steve Jinman on the lost art of making the most of a late postponement: https://bit.ly/3Z253DZ
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Every time you say the words Blue Monday today . You have to give Peter Hook 50p
January 12, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Every time you say the words Blue Monday today . You have to give Peter Hook 50p
‘We never thought it would happen’: Scotland fans plan World Cup invasion - www.ft.com/content/51b1... via @FT
‘We never thought it would happen’: Scotland fans plan World Cup invasion
Success-starved Tartan Army grapples with exorbitant prices after qualification helps to restore national confidence
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January 12, 2026 at 6:56 AM
‘We never thought it would happen’: Scotland fans plan World Cup invasion - www.ft.com/content/51b1... via @FT
Nuts in May at 50 thelionandunicorn.com/2026/01/10/n...
Nuts in May at 50
Fifty years on and Mike Leigh’s play still resonates, says BEN FINLAY.
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January 11, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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Exeter City with two own goals to follow up their own goal early this week when they asked Man City for extra gate receipts. 🙃
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Exeter City with two own goals to follow up their own goal early this week when they asked Man City for extra gate receipts. 🙃
January 10, 2026 at 4:23 PM